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Look, I know. Matt Millen is gone, and I need to get over it. As Detroit Lions fans, we all do. Dredging up the past isn't really going to help anything. But with the recent release of safety Daniel Bullocks, yet another Millen-brand second round bust, one can't help but wonder how much longer his mark will be on the team. Over the past two offseasons, the Lions' current management has done ...

It's strange. Normally I'd have something to say here. And, well, I do. Lots of things, actually. But they all contradict one another, and taken together, they make no sense. Still, here we go anyway. I have, in this very space, started writing (and subsequently stopped, deleted, and re-started) at least four or five articles about Tom Lewand's DUI arrest—the Detroit Lions' President was charged with Friday after failing two field sobriety ...

When is the last time the Detroit Lions had an “easy” schedule? Every year, it seems, we decry the NFL for putting an impassible wall of a schedule before us. This year, that wall takes the form of the AFC East. But then, how much of that is mere perception? Because we are (mostly) intelligent Lions fans, we know where we fall within the “good team/bad team” hierarchy, we understand: When you’re ...

In April 2009, the Detroit Lions unveiled their redesigned logo and uniforms, a mere couple of weeks before the NFL draft. Lions fans in attendance took this opportunity to chant their wish that Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry be taken by the Lions first overall. A couple of weeks later, Matthew Stafford held up a No. 1 jersey in Honolulu blue, and was welcomed to the league with a resounding boo. Fast forward to last Thursday. After months of speculation, ...

What a difference the last season has made. If the masses will recall, it was this time last season that I was decrying the likely (and inevitable, as it turned out) selection of Matthew Stafford. I wasn’t the only one; so much of the fanbase agreed, Stafford’s greeting to the NFL and the Detroit Lions was a resounding jeer on draft day. And why were Lions fans so unhappy with the selection? ...

  It's March, and everybody who has ever written two words about the NFL is doing a mock draft.   I'm part of that "everybody," but rather than take on the whole league, I'm going to focus on the good old NFC North.   What follows is a team-by-team breakdown of each team's projected 2010 needs, and how they will choose to fill them in rounds one and two (sorry, Bears fans).   Minnesota Vikings   It's no secret ...

With all the talk about the NFL Draft and the Detroit LionsÆ No. 2 pick, it seems Lions fans forgot about free agency. ThatÆs to be expected, considering the LionsÆ biggest move in free agency last year was signing Larry Foote to a one-year deal. Nobody much expected the Lions to make much noise, as they never do. Except the first day of free agency 2010. Before twelve hours of this yearÆs free ...

Okay, Lions fans, hereÆs the problem. Eric Berry is going to be a phenomenal player. There is very little doubt of this among fans, coaches, and draft experts alike. Any team that picks him will be happy they did and enjoy an instant upgrade in their secondary. His scouting report reads like that of Ed Reed. But the Detroit Lions canÆt pick him. ThereÆs no way. ItÆs not because he wonÆt be available. The ...

Wait! Hold on to that cyanide, Detroit Lions fans, don't drop it into your morning coffee just yet. Look, I know. Really, I KNOW. Another disappointing season rife with disappointing losses. Another year the Lions spend as the greatest innovators of losing, seemingly inventing new methods each week. When does it end? When do we get a break? I don't have those answers, and I won't tell you it's going to be next season. ...

After a beating like the one suffered at Baltimore, Detroit Lions fans are likely asking themselves two questions: What is Daunte Culpepper doing still playing professional football, and why are we still watching Lions games? IÆm here to answer one of those questions. I donÆt know what to tell anyone about Culpepper anymore. But the Lions are still worth watching, if only to learn the answers to questions about 2010. After all, ...